French Language and Culture for the Professions Major and Minor
Albion College
Key Information
Campus location
Albion, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 53,090 *
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Introduction
Explore diverse cultures, learn to speak French fluently, and gain skills that will help you in your career. Our remarkable curriculum is enhanced by off-campus programs, a language-learning residential experience, and Native Speaker Teaching Assistants.
Why Study French Language and Culture for the Professions at Albion?
From the classroom to our language-learning housing (known as the I-Space), and from internships on the other side of the Atlantic to engaging in Albion’s thriving French Sister Cities relationship, you’ll build the linguistic competence and cultural understanding needed to successfully navigate your international career path.
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Experience Opportunities
Fluency in more than one language and understanding other cultures are essential skills for living and working in our increasingly internationalized world. While practicing and mastering their French outside of the classroom—weekly meetings with Native Speaker Teaching Assistants, living in the I-Space, studying abroad—Albion students will discover how people in other parts of the world think and express their ideas and beliefs.
Internships
A specific requirement for the French Language and Culture for the Professions major, an internship abroad, or a documented internship-like experience abroad, approved by faculty, provides a fantastic opportunity to put your French to everyday use in a professional setting.
Honors Thesis
Students majoring in French Language and Culture for the Professions who are also members of the College’s Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program can construct an original research project as a capstone to their undergraduate studies at Albion. Eighty percent of Honors students go on to graduate or professional school after graduation.
Program Outcome
What Will You Learn as a French Language and Culture for the Professions Major?
In your first courses, you will develop the four skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—you’ll need to effectively function within a French-speaking environment. As you expand your communication skills you will also gain cross-cultural understanding through more enhanced interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communication.
Upper-level courses will enable you to explore selected global issues and develop communication skills that are vital for any professional in a French-speaking work environment.
Career Opportunities
The major in French Language and Culture for the Professions is intended for those students who are pursuing pre-professional studies in fields such as economics and management, communication studies, science or public policy, among others, or for those students who are pursuing more traditional liberal arts fields and wish to add a practical component to their education. Your knowledge of the French language and culture will continue to grow in importance as a foundation for a successful career in a global economy.
Job Titles
- Tax Staff
- Contract Researcher
- Communications Officer
- Translator
- International Service Desk
- English Teaching Assistant in France
Employers
- Ernst and Young
- Michigan Farmers Market Association
- IPAC Global Health at Columbia University
- Ford Company
- Proctor and Gamble
- French Government